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Sometimes the best answers leave us more confused than before.
Trinity Sunday Communion We are about to hear one of the most familiar and best loved stories in the Bible about the purpose of Jesus in the world. These verses are complicated and present a host of unresolved issues. The ambiguity that fills these verses feeds the reminder to all believers in every age that […]
Continue ReadingSo what is the Holy Spirit… and should I care?
This is Pentecost Sunday when we celebrate the birth of the Christian Church. Today our scriptures tell the story of the Holy Spirit. For those closest to Jesus, this gift had huge implications. They needed assurance that Jesus wasn’t abandoning them. They wondered how they could move forward in life without him. Too often in […]
Continue ReadingChurch versus the world: The ongoing struggle
Ephesians 1: 15-23 The letter of Paul to the Ephesians is a letter that was written to a group of churches that were not founded by Paul himself. This letter was written while Paul was under arrest and therefore he was not able to visit them himself. This letter calls Christians back to the basis […]
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